• Motivation: They must want it! The positive results that will occur once they are dedicated and following a healthier life style will speak for themselves. This can’t work just because the doctor alone said it must.

  • Honesty: The whole family must be honest to each other about their habits. They must be open about what they do and don’t do to help them. Often in NLP and Hypnotherapy we are the last solution, so it is important that the family must be open and honest about why all of the other methods have failed.

  • Everyone must be on board: When a child is overweight or obese, the entire family is compounding the issue in one way or another. All the family must encourage and support the child and each other, in making the change. Change can often only happen for a child when all other bad habits that affect that child’s life changes too.

  • Commitment to the Cause: Overcoming obesity is not as simple as stopping a nail biting habit. There are some in depth challenges that we help with (using NLP, EFT and Hypnotherapy) where the result can be seemingly immediately in breaking the habits. That said, if you get help to stop biting your nails, you’ll know within a day or two if it has worked, however weight doesn’t disappear overnight. The greater the obesity, the longer it will take to achieve the desired results.

  • Being Realistic: Everyone in the family should know what the person’s goal is and have the same realistic steps in mind for how they will achieve it. If the child needs to lose a stone or two, this isn’t going to be possible overnight. It will take longer and this takes us back to the point about commitment.